The district is located in the south of the republic and occupies a total area of 1363,9 square kilometers (or 526.2 sq miles).

[3] The settlement of Cheremshan arose in the 1730s within a fortress of the same name located on the New Zakamskaya fortification line that was built on the southern border of Muscovy.

Moles, voles, marmots, red ground squirrels, jerboas, mice and other steppe rodents are especially widespread.

Larks, gray partridges, hazel grouses, magpies, tits and other species can be found among the steppe and forest avifauna.

[7] The central object of the coat of arms, a stone wall, symbolizes the Cheremshan fortress and points to the historical role of the region in protecting the south-eastern borders of Muscovy.

As the geographer Yevgeny Pospelov states, the hydronym appeared as the Russian adaptation of “Cheremisan” — “the river of Cheremis” (Mari).

The earliest use of the hydronym dates back to 992, when the Arab traveler Ahmad ibn Fadlan used the word “Jaramsan” which originated from the Iranian “flowing”.

[5] After the conquest of Kazan in 1552 and the expansion of the Muscovite state further to the east, territories in the region were regularly raided by the Nogai and Kalmyks.

In the second half of the 17th century, Russia began building border fortifications, the so-called “lines” along the left bank of the Kama River.

At the beginning of the 18th century, Peter the Great decided to strengthen Russia's southern borders and to rebuild the fortress.

For these purposes, the Kazan governor was ordered to allocate three thousand workers from local districts and provide them with a monthly payment of 30 altyns.

In 1736, three cavalry companies of the Sheshminsky regiment totaling 306 people were quartered in the recently rebuilt Cheremshan fortress.

The villages of Lower and Upper Karmalka, Lagerna, Mordovskoye Afonkino, Ishlinka, Amirovo and others arose within the modern Cheremshansky district.

Local historian Nikolai Florov points out that since 1744 active military units had been transferred to Orenburg, and retired soldiers began to settle on the territory of the Sheshminskaya and Cheremshanskaya fortresses.

According to memoirs and other historical records, in January 1774, Pugachev's associate, the yasak Tatar Ait Razmateev, at the head of the peasant army, approached the Cheremshan fortifications and demanded the surrender of the fortress.

In 1918-1919, battles between the Bolsheviks and Kolchak's army took place in the Bugulminsky county (uyezd), and in 1921 famine broke out in the Volga region, from which a total of about 2 million people suffered.

[15] According to the results of the 2010 census, the ethnic composition of the region was 54% Tatar, 22.8% Chuvash, 17.8% Russian and 4.2% Mordvin with 0.8% representing other nationalities.

[16] The geographical position of the Cheremshansky district heavily influences its economic specialization in agriculture and the petroleum industry.

Nine oil producing companies operate in the region including Tatneft, Bulgarneft, Okhtin-Oil, Sheshmoil and Tatnefteprom.

Spring and winter wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat, sugar beets, potatoes and other crops are cultivated in the district.

As pointed out by specialists, the local farming sector has a high investment potential as plans for projects including an agro-industrial park are already well underway.

[23] Medical services are provided by the Cheremshanskaya Central Regional Hospital, which includes ambulance, therapeutic, pediatric, and surgical departments as well as antenatal and psychiatry clinics.

The history and ethnography of the region, a numismatic collection of Catherine the Great, paintings, natural science objects and other exhibits are presented in eight halls of the museum.